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Rock riders hit police block. Ontario Provincial Police on one of four roadblocks set up around the site of the rock festival north of Orangeville, st(...)
Rock riders hit police block. Ontario Provincial Police on one of four roadblocks set up around the site of the rock festival north of Orangeville, st(...)

Rock riders hit police block. Ontario Provincial Police on one of four roadblocks set up around the site of the rock festival north of Orangeville, st(...)

Date9/4/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: Rock riders hit police block. Ontario Provincial Police on one of four roadblocks set up around the site of the rock festival north of Orangeville; stop a fan arriving by motorcycle. In a search for drugs and liquor; police mingled with the 4;000 rock fans today on the 200-acre site--and the promoter; Elwood Hill; charged they were out to bust the weekend event. He said that some policemen were jumping the fence without paying the $5 entrance fee.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0103103F
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